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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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