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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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