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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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