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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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