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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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