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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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