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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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