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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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