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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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