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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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