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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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