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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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