MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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