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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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