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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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