MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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