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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and 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
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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