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
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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