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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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