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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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