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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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