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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important 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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