MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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