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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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