MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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