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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies 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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