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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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