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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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