MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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