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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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