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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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