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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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