MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
People want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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