MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important 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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