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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education are enabling
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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