MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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