MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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