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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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