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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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