MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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