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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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