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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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