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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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