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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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