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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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