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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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