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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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