MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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