MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this 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
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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