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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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