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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Spain to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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