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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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