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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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