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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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