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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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