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
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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