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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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