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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important 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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