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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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