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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free 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 topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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