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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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