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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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