MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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