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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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