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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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