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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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