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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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