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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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