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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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