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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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