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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
major 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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