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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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