MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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