MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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