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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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