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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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