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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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