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
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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