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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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