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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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