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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Chile to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|