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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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