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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important 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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