MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|