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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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