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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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