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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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