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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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