MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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