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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
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
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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