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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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