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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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