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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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