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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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