MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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