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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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