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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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