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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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