MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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