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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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