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
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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