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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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