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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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