MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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 MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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