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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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