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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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