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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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