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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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