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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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