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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
most important 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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