MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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