MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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