MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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