MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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