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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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