MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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