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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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