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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|