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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners 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
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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