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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Thailand to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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