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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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