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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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