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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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