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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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