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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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