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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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