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 is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
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 massive online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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