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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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