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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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