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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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