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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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