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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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