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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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