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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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