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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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