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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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