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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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