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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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