MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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