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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
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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