MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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