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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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