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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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