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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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