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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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