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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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