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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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