MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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