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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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