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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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