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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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