MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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