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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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