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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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