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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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