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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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