MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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