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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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