MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes 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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