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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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