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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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