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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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