MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education have empowered
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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