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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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