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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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