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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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