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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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