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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online classes. 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. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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