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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important 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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