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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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