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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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