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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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