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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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