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
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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