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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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