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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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