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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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