MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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