MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning are empowering
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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