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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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