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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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