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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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