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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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