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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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