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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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