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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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