MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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