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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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