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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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