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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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