MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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