MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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