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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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