MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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