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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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