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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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