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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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