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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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