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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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