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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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