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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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