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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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