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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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