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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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