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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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