MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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