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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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