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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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