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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also explores 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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