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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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