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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key 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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