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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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