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
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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