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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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