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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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