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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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