MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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