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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because 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 guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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