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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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