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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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