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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Italy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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