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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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