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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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