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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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