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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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