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
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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