MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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