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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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