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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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