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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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