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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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