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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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