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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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