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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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