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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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