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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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