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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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