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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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