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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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