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
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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