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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Finland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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