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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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