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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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