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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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