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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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