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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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