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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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