MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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