MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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