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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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