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 is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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