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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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