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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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