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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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