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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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