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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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