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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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