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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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