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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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