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
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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