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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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