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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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