MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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