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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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