MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greece to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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