MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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