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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes 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
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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