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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
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.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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