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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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