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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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