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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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