MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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