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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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