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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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