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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
blended learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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