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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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