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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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