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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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