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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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