MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines 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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