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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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