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 Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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