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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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