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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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