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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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