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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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