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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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