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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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