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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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