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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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