MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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