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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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