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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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