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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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