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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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