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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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