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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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