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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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