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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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