MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important 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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