MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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