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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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