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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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