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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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