Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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