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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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