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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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