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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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