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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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