MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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