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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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