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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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