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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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