MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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