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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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