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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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