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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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