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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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