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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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