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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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