MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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