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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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