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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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