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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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