MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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