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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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