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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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