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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|