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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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