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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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