MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates 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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