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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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