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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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