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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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