MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major 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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