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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Hungary to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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