MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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