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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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