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.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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