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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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