MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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