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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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