MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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