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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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