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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches 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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