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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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