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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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