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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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