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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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