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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

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