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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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