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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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