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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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