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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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