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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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