MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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