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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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