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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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