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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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