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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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