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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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