MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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