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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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