MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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