MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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