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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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