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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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