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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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