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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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