MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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