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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes 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.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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