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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models 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 deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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