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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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