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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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