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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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