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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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