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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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