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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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