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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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