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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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