MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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