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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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