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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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