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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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