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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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