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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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