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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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