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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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