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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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