MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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