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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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