MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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