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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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