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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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