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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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