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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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