MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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