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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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