MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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