MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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