MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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