International Experience and Trends in E-Learning Development in World Economy

Abstract

This paper describes and synthesizes the international experience with e-learning in order to draw lessons for its development in Vietnam’s higher education. The e-learning development policies of selected countries are analyzed to measure the success of such policies against their specific national context. This paper also discusses Vietnam’s experiences in terms of national policy goals, the scope and subject of the policies, the investment resources and their allocation, and their approach to e-learning and massive open online courses (MOOCs) in higher education in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the policies.