MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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