MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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