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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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