MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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