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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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