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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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