MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
e-learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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