MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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