MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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