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 is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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