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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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