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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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