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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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