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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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