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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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