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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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