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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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