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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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