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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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