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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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