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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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