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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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