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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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