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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
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.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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