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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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