MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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