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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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