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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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