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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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