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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
almost always 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
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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