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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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