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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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