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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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