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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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