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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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