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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
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 MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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