MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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