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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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