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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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