MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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