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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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