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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
