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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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