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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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