MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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