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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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