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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
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 massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers 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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