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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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