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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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