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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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