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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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