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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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