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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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