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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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