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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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