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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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