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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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