MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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