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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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