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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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