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
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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