MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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