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 is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning enable
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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