MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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