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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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