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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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