MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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