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 is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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