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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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