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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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