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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate 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.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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