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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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