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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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