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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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