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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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