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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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