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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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