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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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