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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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