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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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