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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|