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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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