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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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