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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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