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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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