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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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