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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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