MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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