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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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