MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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