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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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