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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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