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
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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