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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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