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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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