MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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