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
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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