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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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