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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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