MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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