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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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