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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also studies 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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