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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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