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 this illuminating 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
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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