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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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