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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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