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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major 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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