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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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