MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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