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
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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